Dust-pan.



PATENTED JUNE 30, 1903.

M. RICE.

DUST PAN.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 19, 1902.

N0 MODEL.

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Patented June 30,1903.

PAT NT OFFICE.

MARY RICE, OF BLAIRSTOWN, NEW JERSEY.

DUST-PAN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 732,445, dated June 30, 1903.

Application filed September 19, 1902. Serial No. 124,098. (No model.)

To alZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MARY RICE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Blairstown, in the county of Warren and State of New 5 Jersey, have invented certain new and usesimple means whereby the dust or dirt may be more expeditiously as well as more cleanly swept into the pan.

Speaking specifically, the device comprises a support formed at the rear portion of the utensil, which regulates the pitch or incline thereof in such a manner that with only one or two sweeps of the broom all dirtor whatever be the objectionable material may be disposed of within the body the pan. The device also admits of the use of both hands in manipulating the broom, which is considered an important advantage, necessitating no continuous bending over of the body, a feature of the present form of dust-pan which makes the same an undesirable article.

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and also to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the means for efiecting the result reference is to be had to the following. description and drawings hereto attached.

While the essential and characteristic features of the invention are susceptible of modification, still the preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated'in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device. Fig. 2 is a sectional view.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in both views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

The body 1 of the pan is of the ordinary construction, {being corrugated or fluted along the basal portion thereof, as indicated at 2, to provide means whereby the dirt may be readily retained in the pan after being once swept therein.

the body of the article is made from a single blank, the side portions being turned up and at an angle to the plane of the body 1.

In the common construction of dust-pans crirnped at the upper portions to allow for the usual curved rear portion. Thus far my construction is the same as that above described. To provide a support for the pan, an extension 3 is formed upon the rear side and integral with the pan-blank, thesame being bent The angle at which the said extension is bent determines the incline of the pan, as will be readily understood. To support the extension 3 and make as rigid a structure as possible, wings 4 are also formed with the said extension and of the same blank. These wings are bent, preferably, at right angles to the plane of'the support 3 and secured to the panbody by solder or other suitable means. The handle 5 extends through an opening in the support 3 and is secured at the inner end to the rear portion 6 of the pan. It is also secured to the support at the aforesaid opening, thus bracing the latter against both inward and outward movement. The support is additionally braced by the wings 4, the object of the formation of said wings being essentially for this purpose. A ring 7 is utilized for suspending the article when the same is not being used.

In removing the dirt the pan is disposed adjacent to the pile, and the same resting at a proper angle the dirt may be readily swept into the pan in a man nereasily comprehended.

The device is susceptible of various modifications relative to the difierent structural details thereof, I not being limited to the exact form of article as illustrated, it being permissible to change 'the same in accordance with the spirit of the invention governed by the claims hereto appended.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. A dust-pan substantially as described having an integral extension projected downwardly from the rear wall of the pan and spaced therefrom, said extension constituting a support, and a handle having its end portion passed through an opening in the support and rigidly affixed to said support and the rear wall of the pan-body.

2. A dust-pan substantially as described, having an integral supporting extension projected downward from the upper portion of the rear wall of the pan-body and spaced therefrom, wings integrally formed with the aforetension, the extension likewise forming a said extension and disposed upon the side braceforthehandle,substantiallyassetforth. I) edges thereof and bent to form braces being In testimony whereof I aifiX my signature secured to the rear wall of the pan-body, and in presence of two witnesses.

ahandlehavingitsend portion passed through MARY RICE. [:L. Sl] an opening in the extension and also afiixed \Vituesses: to the rear wall of the pan and to the exten- MARY WHITE,

sion thereby constituting a brace for the ex- 1 JOHN L. WHITE. 

